If you thought that working on TV shows is all work and no play then think again…

Parth Samthaan, Charlie Chauhan and Ayaz Ahmed from MTV show Kaisi Yeh Yaariyaan are a bunch of young good looking actors who find time from their super busy schedule to have fun. Why do we say so? Well, we came across a series of video compilation by Charlie aka Mukti from the show, which also features Manik Malhotra and Cabir Thakur. The trio along with others are busy miming Bollywood dialogues. Is this how they prep of for their serial? Or is this just a practice session for their Bollywood debut? We do not know, but we can tell you is that they are very very entertaining.

Charlie is a pro at Dubsmash and so are her heroes from KYY. Ms Chauhan slips into characters with ease, so she does a Sonakshi Sinha and then plays Kajol and soon switches to essay Nargis Fakhri from Rockstar. Of course these gentlemen also give her company in this Dubsmash video compilation of hers. The teen heartthrob Parth Samthaan does a Akshay Kumar in this and trust us the Khiladi would be flattered on watching PS’ act.

So, do not waste a minute from now and quickly go catch Charlie Chauhan’s dhamaakedaar Dubsmash videos…

Yet another American show gets a desi touch…

Tyra Banks is doing a great favour to the America’s fashion world by hosting one of the most glamorous contests the America’s Next Top Model. Now it was time for India’s model to get to the top leagues and so, MTV came up with India’s Top Model which was launched recently with Lisa Haydon, Dabboo Ratnani and Anusha Dandekar in attendance. While Haydon and Ratnani are the judges, Anusha will mentor the girls along with Image Consultant Neeraj Gaba. 13 girls will try their luck in the contest. It was one glitzy affair and since we don’t want you to miss all the fun, here are some pictures from the launch.

MTV Splitsvilla 8 over this weekend will witness some more action and drama…

Sunny Leone and Ranvijay Singha will see some real heated discussion between the show’s contestants in the upcoming episode. The latest promo of Splitsvilla 8 promises a lot of action, drama and dialogue-baazi. From fist fights to abuses, some hard talk and of course a steamy hot kiss between two gals, you will see all of this and more. This year the makers had promised that the show will not just be bigger, but also bolder than ever before. Wonder if that is why we have two bisexual contestants on the show.

In the upcoming episode, we will see that one of the girls is being cornered by the other contestants for being bisexual. The angry female contestant not only goes on to announce that she is bisexual, but also is seen exchanging a kiss with another lady. And Sunny Leone is left a little surprised.

When Sunny herself entered Indian entertainment industry there were talks about how the Bigg Boss contestant was a bisexual. In an interview back then, Sunny when asked if she was lesbian had said, “No, I am mentally and physically only attracted to men. But I love women.”

We’re sure this might not have been an unusual sight for Sunny, but for the audience this one will definitely be a mild shocker. No wonder the clip has made it to the promo cut of this weekend episode. Will there be a controversy storm that will come after Sunny and MTV after the episode goes on air, well you never know! Here take a look at MTV Splitsvilla 8promo…

MTV’s popular youth show has made rave review ever since it started but the show is all set to come to an end

So Warrior High starring Ashwini Koul and Sanaya Pithawala is coming to an end. Lost Boy Productions’ Vikas Gupta confirmed this news to a popular media portal. He said that Warrior High was always supposed to be a finite series. But the show is not over, only season one of it is coming to an end and that they’ll be back with season 2 like in the west.

Usually international shows showcase 24 episodes in one season and then come back with season two. Clearly we are not following that trend in India as yet. We just hope that when Warrior High comes back with season two it is with our favourite characters Siddharth (Ashwini Koul) and Siyali (Sanaya Pithwala). Here’s why we want them in the next season too…

#Both Sanaya and Ashwini’s characters are strong, interesting, independent and hatke which make it worth our while.

#The chemistry between the couple has under currents which often flare up. Their equation has layers that are not so obvious when you watch it which makes you look forward to it.

#Even when they are not sharing screen space they capture the audiences’ attention. Sanaya and Ashwini may be new to telly town but they’ve honed their acting talent to the best of their ability. They can survive in the show without the support of the other.

#Warrior High may be about all the students but face it; fans ardently watch the show primarily for Siddharth and Siyali. And without them the show would be incomplete.

#No youth show is complete without the love angle. Sid and Siyali’s love-hate relationship may be common on TV, but this is the show that talks about such a relationship without involving the saas bahu angle. Need we say more? So hope the makers of the Warrior High are listening to us.

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The series is based on Wes Craven’s much popular film franchise.

In Hollywood, the ’80s were the golden age of horror movies, with so many great horror gems like the Evil Dead series, The Shining, The Alien franchise, The Thing, Nightmare at Elm Street and Friday the 13th series, The Gremlins and many more such wonderful horror stuff. However, the genre got into a rut when the ’90s dawned. It was during this time that the horror legend Wes Craven decided to give the boring genre a new lease of life with what we now call the Scream franchise.

The serial killer franchise was about a Ghostface-mask wearing serial killer tormenting the teen of the sleepy town called Lakewood. The best part about the movies was that they paid respect to the genre of horror by letting the killers and the victims play by the rules of horror films, while referring to several horror gems. Now the film will have a TV series of its own, which will follow the same plot as that of the films. However, with the change in the horror conventions in the present era, the series is more likely to stick to today’s horror tropes.

They spend almost 15-18 hours together on the sets of the MTV show and hence we are sure they know each other inside out

We caught up with Cabir aka Ayaz Ahmed, who plays the cool gay dude on the most popular MTV show Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan to find out about what he really thinks of his friends on the show. So we asked him to tell us one good and one bad thing about his co-stars Parth Samthaan, Niti Taylor, Utkarsh Gupta, Charlie Chauhan, Krissann Barretto and Veebha Anand. Here’s a lowdown on what he said…

On Parth Samthaan: I met Parth before Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan for an episodic show of Pyaar Tune Kya Kiya season one, episode 1. From the time I met him first to what I have seen him on KY2 he has become an exceptional actor. The growth in him as an actor is commendable and I give him full respect for that. As for the negative, I think he eats a lot and should not eat so much; he’s gaining a lot of weight. Being his friend I’d tell him to control a little.

On Utkarsh Gupta: He’s an amazing dancer, which unfortunately you cannot see his character doing onscreen. He does some amazing back flips and wall flips. He does a lot of things that he’s not too comfortable with. I believe he should perfect things he is comfortable with and not push so hard.

On Charlie Chauhan: One good thing about Charlie is that she takes care of everyone on the sets. She’s like the mother India or Mother Teresa; she keeps a track of who is sick, moody, who has to have medicine or who hasn’t eaten anything. Sometime she goes overboard. She needs to give people some space and doesn’t have to think about everyone all the time. She should take care of herself too and give herself some importance.

On Krissann Barretto: (After thinking a lot) There’s this one thing – she can’t speak Hindi too well, but it’s extremely cute to see her try. You just can’t not like that. I can’t think of anything I don’t like in her

Veebha Anand: She is someone who has done a lot of work before and has a lot of experience. Yet she is hesitant to try something new. With that kind of experience and calibre she should do more and try new things and experiment more with her character.

On Niti Taylor: Lastly, Niti has a very cute and bubbly looking face which works for Nandini’s character. The way she acts is very cute that’s something even I like. Again, this is my own perception that she has become very stagnant as Nandini. I would like to see Nandini in a little bit more evolved manner. She needs to grow as a character.

When the makers of the MTV show first roped him he was to play a positive character and the story was to a love triangle – but Manik and Nandini fans just wouldn’t have it that way

According to recent reports Dishank Arora aka Panditji has been signed again to play Panditji for the popular youth show Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan. We got in touch with the actor to find out some more details on his return on the show.

“Yes, I am coming back on Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan. When the production house initially cast me, it was for a triangle love story and promised me that I’d play a positive role. But eventually the character became negative and I didn’t want to do that. In fact, I even told them that if they wanted to replace me I am okay with it. The love triangle didn’t pan out well ‘coz MaNan (Manik and Nandini) fans didn’t accept it and were completely against it.”

So will you be coming back as a positive character now? “Yes, the production house has promised to bring me back as a positive character. The next bit of the show is going to be in Mangalore (Nandini’s home town).” Is the love triangle still on the plate? “No, I don’t think they will do the love triangle bit anymore.” Pandit will meet Amms (Nandini’s music teacher and grandmother), confess his sins and seek forgiveness.

While it would have been interesting to see Dishank come back as the third angle to Manik (Parth Samthaan) and Nandini’s (Niti Taylor) love story, clearly the makers are not going experiment with it. After all the comments and abuses hurled at the makers for spoiling Manik and Nandini’s relationship, they are definitely not going to take that risk again.

Dishank Arora has also been doing another interesting show on Bindass, Zindagi Wins – a doctor show. It was recently announced that the series has come to an end, although we thought they could have done a lot more with it. “The show was supposed to be for 30 episodes, I don’t know why they decided to end it so soon,” said Dishank.

While he is waiting for the new script of Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan, the actor is also keeping himself busy with Zee TV’s latest horror show – Fear Files.

The MTV show completed 200 episodes, which is a big achievement for the makers and the channel

MTV is finally having a successful reign when it comes to youth based shows – Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan and Warrior High have really wowed the audience.

The makers of the show threw a huge party last night for the completion of 200 episodes on Kaisi Yeh Yaariyan. The entire cast and crew were supposed to be present for the grand celebration but we found only the girls of the show cutting the cake.

Niti Taylor, Krissann Barretto, Veebha Anand and Charlie Chauhan were the only actors in attendance. Everyone expected to see the dishy hero of the show – Parth Samthaan, but the actor gave the celebration for something equally important.

Sources claim that Parth Samthaan was busy at Jhalak rehearsals and hence couldn’t make it to the celebration party of his own show. Well we definitely missed the actor.

Strangely none of the male actors turned up for the event, Ayaz Ahmed was absent due to some personal reasons and Utkarsh Gupta was apparently out of town. Clearly the event was not planned well in advance or we’d have had full attendance. Nonetheless, the girls seemed to have enjoyed the party with the paparazzi.

The Dil Dhadakne Do actors latest vest advertisement hasn’t gone down well with the People for the Ethical Treatment of Animals…

Ranveer Singh’s latest TV commercial has not just enraged us but even members at PETA. This animal welfare association has always maintained a stance to help and protect cruelty against animals, and they couldn’t stand Ranveer’s brand endorsement just as we couldn’t. In an official statement they have given out their point of view for the same. Here’s what they have said:

“MTV’s Power of One study found 42% of India’s youth is passionate about participating in a movement for a cause that affects them, and Elle Girl readers voted animal rights the ‘Coolest Political Cause’.
By recruiting Ranveer Singh, Rupa Frontline is desperately trying to attract youth, but nothing shows how utterly out of touch with youngsters the company actually is than its depiction of cruelty to animals in its advertisement.
There is nothing sexy about pretending to beat up an animal, and nothing that may disgust a girl more.
The ‘ruthless killers’ in the human-shark relationship are actually the humans. Recent studies indicate that up to 73 million sharks are killed each year, mainly for their fins, which are put in soups and eaten mostly in Asia. India is the second largest shark fishing nation in the world.
As the rest of the shark has a much lower market value, fishing boats often capture large numbers of sharks and slice off their fins, often while the animals are still alive. The mutilated bodies are dumped back into the ocean, where they sink helplessly to the bottom.
Sharks play a key role in ocean ecosystems but their populations worldwide are declining rapidly. There is no time greater than now that these animals need our respect.
PETA will be writing to Rupa Frontline and Ranveer Singh to share our concerns on behalf of sharks and today’s socially aware youth.”

BollywoodLife was the first to spot this out and we made sure that we voiced out our opinion and informed PETA about the same. It seems our concerns have been adressed. Do let us know BollywoodLifers your thoughts on the same in the comments section below. Till then have a look at the advertisement right below.

There’s something special about falling in love for the first time; actually every time feels like the first time and MTV’s Warrior High paints just that picture…

Warrior High’s recent episodes showcases the coming of age of young boys and girls who fall in love for the first time, the fear, excitement and confusion it creates. The three couples on Warrior High Parth (Laksh Lalwani) – Veebha (Anupriya Kapoor), Siddharth (Ashwini Koul)-Siyali (Sanaya Pithwala) and Charlie (Anand Agarwal) –Niti (Juhi Aslam) have a very cute and crackling chemistry that we as viewers love and enjoy watching, but who is your favourite? Vote and tell us…

Parth-Veebha: The student –teacher love affairs are not something people openly discuss. In fact, it’s often looked down upon. But the matters of the heart are not calculated or planned; it feels what it feels. Every time Parth and Veebha come close they feel the connection and attraction between them and shun it aside because it is a taboo according to the society we live in. However, we as viewers cannot deny that the couple look really hot together.

Siddharth-Siyali: He has just discovered that he has a soft corner for the girl who doesn’t fit in. He goes out of his way to help her and spend some time with her. Staying with her excites him and he craves for some reciprocation from the other side. Siyali knows that he is in a relationship with someone else and that he is a spoilt brat, so she stays away from him. But circumstances keep putting them together. Their chance encounters keep bringing them closer which are quite electrifying. There is nothing common between them but soon their feelings will find a common ground when she lets herself feel the attraction for Sid.

Charlie-Niti: Curiosity makes this couple extremely cute. They are poles apart but it’s their differences that bring them together. While Charlie feels for Niti, he is affected by what people think and that’s exactly the thing that bugs Niti. Once their clear the differences between them, this couple will definitely rock the chemistry quotient off the roof.

This is what we think, but it’s what you think and like we are interested in knowing. So vote and tell us which couple in Warrior High do you find the cutest.